[Apoqliphort Towers Retrain] Neheqlimoth Towers

[Octosquid]

A little while ago, some people had a discussion on Apoqliphort Towers here. The general consensus was that in the current Link format, it costs too much to Summon and is easily beaten by common cards found in the meta (Kaiju, Utopia, etc.). In addition, its signature "Towers protection" doesn't protect it from Link Monsters, who don't have a level. It probably deserves to be put off the ban list. Here's my attempt to make a version that can be a large threat that's worth the investment again.

 

[spoiler=Neheqlimoth Towers]

Level 10 ~ EARTH ~ Machine/Effect

3000/2600

Cannot be Special Summoned. Requires 3 "Qli" Tributes to Normal Summon/Set. Return Tributes used for this card's Tribute Summon to the hand instead of sending them to the GY. Unaffected by Spell/Trap effects and activated monster effects, except those of monsters whose original Level/Rank equals or exceeds this card's current Level. The ATK/DEF of Special Summoned monsters becomes their original ATK/DEF and cannot be changed by other card effects. Once per turn: You can make your opponent send 1 monster from their hand or field to the GY (their choice).

 

[spoiler=Design Notes]The first and possibly most important change, the monsters you Tribute to summon Towers are now returned to your hand, letting you recycle the large amount of resources you put into making this. It also lets you Pendulum Summon them back as if it were still ARC-V, since they now go to your Main Monster Zone.

 

Towers now has better "Towers protection". It's immune to Spells/Traps as usual, but also any activated monster effect, unless that monster has a Level/Rank equal to or greater than it. This means that it can be Summoned without fear of being hit by Firewall Dragon or any other Link Monster.

 

I modified the original ATK/DEF decreasing effect into an effect that locks Special Summoned monsters into their original ATK/DEF. This is more useful against Decode Talker and Utopia, two commonly used monsters nowadays.

 

The last effect has been left alone.

 

 

 

Pic credit: http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Apoqliphort_Towers_(Duel_Arena)

 

As always, any comments, suggestions, or corrections are appreciated. ^.^

[Darj]

Your retrain is effective and all but my question is if it's something that should be done at all. I mean, Towers-like monsters are often frowned upon because how how polarizing they can be. While I agree that Towers can be removed from the banlist with no issues, making a stronger version of it that patches up some of its few weaknesses is a different matter; think of the saying "just because you can doesn't mean you should".

 

That aside, a flavorful explanation would be welcomed too. Like, from where this form of Towers comes from? Or perhaps it is a fragment of Tierra after its defeat? Why it is called "Neheqlimoth"?